← All Kali Issues
Smbclient

Protocol negotiation failed

N Network High

🔴 Error Message

NT_STATUS_CONNECTION_DISCONNECTED on connect

📖 What This Means

SMB version mismatch.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Force SMBv1: smbclient -m NT1 //target/share
  2. Or SMBv2: smbclient -m SMB2 //target/share
  3. Add to smb.conf: client min protocol = NT1

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